Dumfries news

Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Dowding and Czech pilot Frantisek Hekl

Birthday celebrations for Edna Wells and Charlotte Forsyth

Congratulations to Dumfries and Galloway Merchant Navy Association.

Congratulations to Dumfries Lions Club who have been out and about raising money for good causes.

Congratulations to Grace Brown, BEM, for sixty years of service to the Langholm Common Riding.

Brow Well Service in honour of the Bard

Congratulations to Lockerbie and District Rotary whose work in prison rehabilitation has been recognised globally.

The Police Scotland Dumfries and Galloway Division recognition Awards have taken place in Dumfries - and congratulations to those recognised for their work in the community from Fiona Armstrong, Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries.

Congratulations to Anne Croucher from Tesco in Dumfries. Anne was awarded a British Empire medal in the new year's honours list and has now been presented with her medal by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries, Fiona Armstrong.

Congratulations to the Gretna Marie Curie Fundraising group who have launched a Field of Hope by the Solway Lodge Hotel. Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end of life charity and uses daffodils as a symbol of the work it does.